Table 5.

Mean differences in picture selection^† by participants’ characteristics and food group; study participants are a convenience sample of Greek parents/caregivers (n 138) of children aged 3 months to 10 years

	Mean difference	Significant differences‡
Gender§
Male	−0·11	NS
Female	−0·09	NS
Education (years of schooling)§
≤12	−0·12	NS
>12	−0·08	NS
Age group (years)║
25–34	−0·12	NS
35–44	−0·07	NS
≥45	−0·12	NS
Number of offspring║
1	−0·08	NS
2	−0·11	NS
3 or more	−0·04	NS
Age group of child (years)║
<1	−0·11	NS
1–3	−0·09	NS
≥4	−0·09	NS
Food group║
Vegetables and legumes	−0·26	with spreads, cereals, meat, fish, potatoes, pastries, cheese
Spreads	−0·05	with vegetables, soups
Cereals and cereal-based dishes	−0·11	vegetables, soups, cheese
Sweets	−0·09	with soups, cheese
Meat and meat-based dishes	0·02	with vegetables, soups
Seafood	−0·03	with vegetables, soups
Fruit	−0·09	with soups
Dairies and eggs	−0·14	with soups, cheese
Potatoes	0·09	with vegetables, soups
Traditional pies and savoury pastries	0·07	with vegetables, soups
Soups	−0·58	with all food groups except for vegetables
Cheese	0·21	with vegetables, cereals, sweets, dairy products, soups

^†Differences estimated as (picture number selected)−(picture number of the displayed, actual portion).

^‡The detected significant differences across groups were defined by P<0·05, when using the Tukey–Kramer test.

^§The t test was used for comparisons.

^║The Tukey–Kramer test was used for comparisons.